Historic African-American Sites in Newton County, GA
Sites of significance in Newton County's African-American History include:
Covington:
Bethlehem Baptist Church. The oldest African-American church in Newton county.
Covington Square. Site of major Civil Rights marches in the 1970s.
Jail. Civil rights protesters were jailed here in 1970.
Oxford:
Historically African-American cemetery. Includes headstone of Rev. Potter, a free man of color, who served as a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Kitty's Cottage. Slave quarters, said to have been occupied by Miss Kitty (c. 1833-c.1855), an enslaved woman owned by Bishop James O. Andrew of the Methodist Church. Located behind Old Church.
Mitchell and Hammond marker. Plaque dedicated to the memory of Billy Mitchell and Bob Hammond, custodians at Emory College/Emory-at-Oxford. On the Oxford College campus in front of the Science building.
Historic African-American Sites in Newton County, GA
Sites of significance in Newton County's African-American History include:
Covington:
Bethlehem Baptist Church. The oldest African-American church in Newton county.
Covington Square. Site of major Civil Rights marches in the 1970s.
Jail. Civil rights protesters were jailed here in 1970.
Oxford:
Historically African-American cemetery. Includes headstone of Rev. Potter, a free man of color, who served as a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Kitty's Cottage. Slave quarters, said to have been occupied by Miss Kitty (c. 1833-c.1855), an enslaved woman owned by Bishop James O. Andrew of the Methodist Church. Located behind Old Church.
Mitchell and Hammond marker. Plaque dedicated to the memory of Billy Mitchell and Bob Hammond, custodians at Emory College/Emory-at-Oxford. On the Oxford College campus in front of the Science building.